The Rodwell Files, Part 3 of 4: Defensive Strategies

The Rodwell Files, Part 3 of 4: Defensive Strategies includes Chapter 10: Reasons to Play Second Hand High Passing the Freeze Unblocking Not Letting Them Slip a Trick Through Before the Rats Get At It… The Left Jab Preventing a Cheap Finesse Killing an Entry Danger Hand High Preserving Partner's Entry Creating a Losing Option Preventing an Opponent from Executing an Endplay Duck The Intrapop Appearing to Have Shortness Countering a 4-4 Fit Promoting a Trump Protecting Partner's Honor(s) Chapter 11: Reasons Not to Play Third Hand High Futility Preserving Communications Tempting Declarer to Win and Leave Open Communications Retaining a Major Tenace Making a Withholding Play Finessing against Dummy Chapter 12: Reasons to (Abnormally) Play an Honor Danger Hand High Creating a Losing Option You Want to Win a Trick from Your Side of the Table Not Letting Them Slip Through a Ruffing Finesse Preventing a Later Ruffing Finesse against Yourself Pinning the Opposition in the Wrong Hand Endplay Prevention Cover Preventing a Goldman Trump Finesse Chapter 13: Reasons for Ducking a Winner Making a Holdup Play Hoping Partner Can Win It Waiting for Clarification Creating a Guess in the Establishment of a Semi-solid Suit Ducking to Create a Guess Concealing the Position of a High Card Capitalizing on Short-Short Chapter 14: Reasons for Leading an Unsupported Honor Leading a Pusher Pinning a Card in a Short Suit Waiting for a Signal Planning a Follow-up The Deschapelles Coup The Merrimac Coup Blocking a Suit Gouging Deceiving Declarer Protecting Partner's Cards Preventing a Ducking Play Clarifying the Lead Protecting Your High Card Cashing Tricks in the Right Order Chapter 15: Reasons for Leading into a Tenace Setting Up a Force Breaking Up the Entries for a Squeeze Taking Out an Entry Prematurely Pretending to Have a Singleton Preserving Your Own Position For the remaining volumes, look for the following titles: The Rodwell Files, Part 1 of 4: The Building Blocks The Rodwell Files, Part 2 of 4: Advanced Cardplay Maneuvers The Rodwell Files, Part 4 of 4: The DOs and DON'Ts of Cardplay   About the Book: Eric Rodwell's contributions to bidding theory are well-known, but in these ground-breaking books he reveals for the first time his unique approach to the play of the cards. First, he describes and explains the process for deciding on a line of play — using concepts such as +L positions, tightropes, trick packages and Control Units as well as exploring more standard themes such as counting winners, losers, and distribution. Included here too is a checklist of 'defogging questions' to get you back on track when your analysis gets bogged down. Then he moves on to a host of innovative ideas in cardplay, strategies and tactics that can be used by declarer or defenders, each one illustrated with real-life examples from top-level play. Many of these ideas will be new to anyone below the bridge stratosphere. Finally, under the heading 'DOs and DON'Ts', Rodwell talks about the mental side of the game: areas where players often go wrong in their approach to the problem at hand, areas that mark the key differences between an average player and a successful one. The original 'Rodwell File', the collection of notes on which these books are based, has been in existence for more than twenty years, but it is only now that the author is prepared to allow his 'secrets' to become public knowledge. For the complete book see the following title: The Rodwell Files: Secrets of a bridge champion